SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China on Tuesday reported 17 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Nov. 3, compared with 49 cases a day earlier, the health authority said.
Of the new infections, 15 were imported cases, the National Health Commission said in a statement. There were no new deaths.
China also reported 128 new asymptomatic patients, compared with 61 a day earlier.
As of Nov. 3, mainland China had a total of 86,087 confirmed coronavirus cases, it said. The country’s death toll from the coronavirus remained unchanged at 4,634.
(Reporting by Josh Horwitz and Wang Jing; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
